Bottle



No. nsa. `Pmn'am Sept.` 27,' |393.

.1. MEmGAN'.

BOTTLE, (Application led Nov. 16, 1896.

(No Model.)

W'ITJVESSES LA 'JVTORf JAMES MERIGAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,368, dated September 27, 1898. Application led November 16, 1896. Serial No. 612,296. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MERIGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in antireiilling bottles; and it consists of certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, all of which will be hereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l represents a central vertical section through a bottle embodying my invention, the stopper being in its locked position within the neck of said bottle. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged detail perspective view of my improved stopper. Fig. 3 represents an enlarged detail perspective view of the valve canopy or guard, and Fig. 4 represents an enlarged detail perspective View of one of the lockinglanges and its spring.

A in the drawings represents the bottle proper; B, myimproved stopper; C, the valve, and D the valve guard or canopy. Said bottle A may be of any desired construction and may terial and is provided in its neck with recesses c, arranged upon diametrically opposite sides. Said neck is provided externally with enlargements a, that coincide in position with the recesses a, so as to strengthen the neck of the bottle at these points. The said stopper B is provided with external recesses b, each of which is adapted to receive a movable plunger bland a coil-spring b2. The said springs are arranged behind said plungers, so as to normally force the same outward and cause them to engage the recesses ct when the stopper is applied in the neck of the bottle, and thus lock the stopper in position. The said stopper is provided with a central vertical passage b3, contracted at its lower end to form a valve-seat b4, and at its upper end to permit sufficient thickness of the walls to providefor the recesses b. The valve C is preferably of spherical formation and is seated upon the seat b4. This valve is protected from any in terference or tampering from above by the guard 0r canopy D. This canopy is hollow and is provided with an upper conical end d and a plurality of vertical slots d', the space between the upper end of said canopy and the adjacent portion of the sleeve B forming the outlet-passage d2.

The upper head or portion el of the guard D is somewhat conical or pointed, so as to act as a valve whose seat is an inturned portion or swell of the sleeve, so that when the bottle is overturned the guard leaves the seat at the bottom of the sleeve B, carrying the valve with it, and slides toward the mouth of the bottle, when its head or portion d seats itself on said swell, thus closing t-he bottle and preventing the latter from being refilled when in inverted condition.

When the bottle is in nori'nal'upright condition, the valve C occupies the seat b4, thus closing` the bottle, it being noticed that the perforation in the bottom of the guard is only sufficiently large to allow a portion of the valve to pass through the same and. so reach the said seat b4, while, however, preventing said valve from escaping at all times from the guard.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that when the liquid is placed. in the bottle A and the stopper forced down into locked position it can be readily removed from the bottle by simply tipping the same, thus causing the spherical valve C to roll f'orward into the upper end of the guard D and uncover the outlet from said bottle. Should an attempt be made to refill the bottle, the said spherical valve C will immediately become seated upon its seat b4 and thus effectually prevent the ingress of the liquid. It will also be observed that the said spherical valve C is fully protected from any interference from without by means of my improved canopy or guard D. Vhile this canopy fully protects said valves, it does not in any manner interfere with the egress of the liquid from the bottle through the slots d and passage ba. After the stopper B has once been applied in the neck of the bottleit is impossible to withdraw the same, as the plungers b' snap into the recesses a and thus effectually secure said stopper.

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In practice I preferably construct the several parts of my improved stopper of glass, so that they will not be injured by the contents of the bottle or aifect the same by becoming saturated with its iiavor or odor.

In the manufacture of my improved bottlestopper the guard D is preferably inserted into the stopper from below before the valveseat is formed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and. desire to secure by Letters sliding guard having a valve-head at its top, a perforation in its bottom, and openings in its sides, and a valve in said guard, said Valve being adapted to pass through saidperforation and be placed on the lower seat of said sleeve, and said head being adapted to be placed on the upper seat thereof.

In a non-reiillable bottle, a guard having a valve-head thereon at top and a perforation in the bottom, and a valve in said guard adapted to pass partly through said perforation, said Valve-head being adapted for a seat in the upper portion of said neck and said valve being adapted for a seat in the lower portion thereof while partly occupying said perforation.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES MERIGAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. MCARAN,

PATRICK ,CoNNnLLr 

